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Cardinal Grosbeak, Female, Eggs, Red Tanager, Female, Egg – Vintage Print

Cardinal Grosbeak, Female, Eggs, Red Tanager, Female, Egg — historic image
Cardinal Grosbeak, Female, Eggs, Red Tanager, Female, Egg. Historic image from the Animals collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Cardinal Grosbeak, Female, Eggs, Red Tanager, Female, Egg, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Cardinal Grosbeak, Female, Eggs, Red Tanager, Female, Egg

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This image pairs two songbirds in one composition: a female cardinal grosbeak and a female red tanager, each shown with an egg. The title's bird names and the attention to the female and her eggs suggest a natural history study from the 19th century, a period when painters and engravers recorded North American birds in close detail, often to document nesting and plumage for scientists and collectors. Such images are valued today for their accuracy, though the nesting habits and the shared sheet also reflect the era's interest in cataloguing birds as specimens.

Original scan1,145 × 1,450 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
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